Call number
A FIC S
Language
Description
A savage and sensuous chronicle of a contemporary vampire seeking vengeance against God. Desperately in love with but rejected by the young Jesus, he turns on the citizens of Jerusalem in a frenzy of rape and violence. Two thousand years later, in the guise of a monk in an Appalachian monastery, his love is returned by Brother Michael. But his vows of vengeance drive him to violence on a level that leads to an investigation of the monastery. His quest to transform Brother Michael has consequences horrifying beyond mortal imagination.
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — Science Fiction/Fantasy — 2001)